Travel

Get in Edit

By plane Edit

• The closest airport to County Limerick is Shannon International Airport based in County Clare. Shannon Airport is the second busiest airport in Ireland and during 2006 carried over 3.6million passengers. The airport mainly offers destinations to Europe and the United States with Ryanair. Continental. Delta and Aer Lingus being the main carriers. During peak months chartered flights cater for the main tourist hot spots around Europe.

By train Edit

• County Limerick is served by only one train station, Colbert Station which is situated on Parnell Street in Limerick City. While County Limerick is not as well connected by rail as it was in prior times, the ever improving state of rail travel in Ireland is hoping to address some of these issues. Limerick railway station is operated by Irish Rail serves the following locations without needing a change:

• Limerick - Rosslare
• Limerick - Bally Brophy
• Limerick - Dublin
• Limerick - Ennis

Other destinations such as Cork. Tralee. Galway. Sligo and Belfast can be reached using the Irish rail network, but require changing trains.

By car Edit

Access to Limerick via car has never been easier due to the massive amount of investment recent Governments in Ireland have poured into improving the road infrastructure in Ireland. Today the road from Dublin to Limerick is motorway standard for up to 100km while other improvements will be coming on line soon. The main arterial routes to County Limerick are as follows

Buy Edit

Eat Edit

Limerick City has some of the best restaurants in Ireland outside Cork or Dublin.